Tim Gilmour's (watertownsdhomes) Blog

  As a real estate professional, it seems almost all conversations I have eventually lead to real estate.  This has been happening even more since the extensive media coverage of the "mortgage crisis".    I am constantly asked "How's the real estate market?" My answer is always the same.  If the ...

 I was always a big fan of the television show, Kids say the darnedest things.  But it wasn't until I had children of my own that I realized just how true it was.A few days ago my kids had one of those "moments"....As I met my 3 and 6 year old boys at the bottom of the stairs, my 3 year old infor...

 Okay, it may not seem like a big deal, but it is to us!  Our little girl sat up by herself for the first time yesterday and has repeated the amazing feat 3 more times this morning!Payton is our 3rd child and 1st girl. She has had some health problems and was born with Down Syndrome so to us this...

 April is starting out with a bang! I was just looking at our NE South Dakota MLS and saw some promising statistics.So far April '08 is kicking April '07's butt!  The number of units sold is up 20% vs. the same time period last year. Plus the average sale price is up. (Only 1%, but it is up!)I ca...

 I was looking through our local MLS (Northeast SD) today and found some interesting stats.  I ran a comparison from January 1st to March 9th. (2007 vs. 2008)  Here is what I found: Closed sales were down 29%     90 in 2007-----------------64 in 2008 Sales volume was down 16%     $12,019,504 in 2...